THE 50 WORST WCW WRESTLING GIMMICKS EVER

The company  known as WCW existed for years before as both Georgia Championship Wrestling and Mid-Atantic
Championship Wrestling. The two companies were both under Jim Crockett Promotions and so amounted to being the same
thing, despite the different names. In November, 1988, Jim Crockett sold Jim Crockett Promotions to WTBS. Crockett
promotions had been the promotion most widely associated with the NWA. In order to distance itself from the NWA, which
still existed as a paper organization at the time, WTBS began to change the name of its titles and television programs from
NWA to WCW. The change took place in late 1990. By January, 1991, the WCW name was fully in place and the NWA
name was all but dropped by the organization. WCW was formerly owned by Time-Warner and WTBS. Ted Turner, although
a majority stock holder in Time-Warner, is NOT the sole owner of WCW following the merger last year between Turner and
Time-Warner. The company was eventually bought out by WWE owner Vince McMahon Jr.

1)
THE YETI
 

Big John Studd’s protege
Ron Reis wrapped in
what looks like wet toilet
paper to resemble a
mummy….his name? Oh
it’s the Yeti. Isn’t a Yeti
the abominable snow
man not a giant mummy?
On an even more
pathetic note…

this gimmick is a blatant
rip off of the 1993 Jim
Cornette owned Smokey
Mountain Wrestling’s
character Prince Kharis,
who was also a 7′ guy
wrapped in wet toilet
paper. And again..who
thinks Cornette being
involved with TNA is a
good idea? This is the
same guy whose gimmick
was to carry a tennis
racket.

2)
ROBO COP
 

Yes this is serious…Sting’s
ally against Ric Flair in their 9
billionth feud was none other
Robo Cop.

3)

THE SHOCK
MASTER

This one is just so ridiculous
you just need to watch the
video on the right.
It involves WWF’s Tugboat, a
tin foil helmet, a voice over
track, and an explosion. Wow.

4)
DENNIS
RODMAN
+ KARL
MALONE
 

How to make a Hulk
Hogan main event even
worse…
add two NBA players to
the match.

WOW.

5) WCW
CHAMPION
DAVID
ARQUETTE
 

nuff said

6)  THE DING DONGS
Jobbers in body suits that rang bells
during their matches
7)  BIG JOSH
Happy lumberjack with dancing bears
He would go on to play Doink The
Clown.
8) THE LOCH NESS MONSTER
Wrestling legend Haystacks
Callhoun..as …well…the evil sea
monster
9) THE SHARK
‘Earthquake’ John Tenta as….an evil
Shark
10) ARACHNIMAN
Brad Armstrong as your favorite web
slinging hero
11) RANGER ROSS

The fun loving ranger..(never quite
made it clear what he was a ranger
of).

As a fun side note..the fun loving
Ranger was in prison for a bit for
multiple counts of armed robbery
AND to boot rumor has it that he
tried to burn down the police station
to destroy evidence.

12) LASER TRON

Yep, Hector Guerrero in a gimmick
modeled after the Laser Tag game.

13) THAT 70’S GUY
Just remember Mike Awesome threw
away the ECW world title for this…
14) AMERICAN MALES
Marcus “Buff” Bagwell and Scotty
Riggs as Chippendale dancers.
15) BOOTY MAN
Brutus Beefcake’s new failed
gimmick… shaking his ass with his
butt cheeks exposed. Wow.
16) NWO STING
The NWO’s imposter Sting played by
the former caped crusader Lightning
of the tag team Thunder &
Lightning. Uh huh.
17) THE RENEGADE
Hulk Hogan’s “Ultimate Surprise
Partner”..an Ultimate Warrior look a
like played by Richard Williams, who
committed suicide in 1999.
18)  THE INCREDIBLE OZ
Pre Vinnie Vegas era Kevin Nash as
the incredible wizard oz…led to the
ring by his manager….the wizard.
19) GLACIER
Glacier’s 1997 WCW debut saw him
enter the ring to snowflakes, fog,
and various random lasers…and he
fell flat on his face.
20)  “THE RAP MASTER”
PN NEWS
Fat guy whose extent of rapping
included “yo baby yo baby yo”
21) BERLYN
Alex Wright as the evil German guy.
22) KISS DEMON
Played by Brian Adams (Crush) and
Dale Torborg.
23) S7VEN
Goldust meets the Undertaker…and
behold a failing pale horse.
24) HEAVY METAL VAN HAMMER

Just about the only thing worse than
80’s hair metal….were 80’s hair
metal wrestlers.

25) TRUCKER NORMAN
Norman the Lunatic as a trucker
26) THE PATRIOTS

Chris Champion as yet another army
guy with…say it with me now…FIRE
BREAKER CHIP.

27) DAS WUNDER KIN
Alex Wright as a dancing raver
28) THE DESPERADOS
Black Bart, Deadeye Dick, and
Dutch Mantel as a gang of cowboys
in search of Stan Hansen.
29) THE STATE PATROL

Sgt Buddy Lee Parker and Lt James
Earle Wright as the heel southern
cops

30) ITALIAN STALLION THE PRO
Mike Awesome under a mask with an
absurd name being billed from
Puerto Rico. Makes perfect sense.
31) JUNGLE JIM STEELE
Yet another Ultimate Warrior clone
32) THE GIANT NINJA
After The Yeti “thawed out”, Ron
Reis became THE GIANT NINJA.
33) THREE COUNT
Sugar Shane Helms, Evan Karagias,
and Shannon Moore as a boy band.
34) THE MAESTRO

The heel music director with his
valet Symphony.

35) DISCO INFERNO

One of the most annoying wrestlers
ever.

37) DYNAMIC DUDES

Johnny Ace and Shane Douglas as
cool surfer dudes that carried skate
boards to the ring.

38) JAY LENO
Some day hopefully wrestling
promoters will realise that involving
random celebrities in wrestling
matches is just plain stupid.
39) MISFITS IN ACTION
G.I. Bro
General Rection
Corp Cajun
Sgt AWOL
Lieutenant Loco
Major Stash
Major Gunns
40) ROADBLOCK
Random guy that met Hulk Hogan in
a gym. Later that night he jumped
the rail during a WCW event,
chased One Man Gang around the
ring and pinned him. He became a
glorified jobber who carried a police
barricade to the ring with him.
41) SQUIRE DAVE TAYLOR

The blue blooded snobby Brit

42) JOHNNY B BADD
Marc Mero in makeup and lip stick
as a Little Richard impersonator.
43) YOSHI KWAN

Another white dude playing the role
of the Asian ninja. This guy also spit
fire..remakably similar to a certain
other guy……

44) BLACK BLOOD

Billy Jack Haynes in a black mask
that brought an axe to the ring

45) MEN AT WORK
Tag team of Chris Kanyon and Mark
Starr who wore construction outfits
to the ring. And to think, Kanyon +
Kidman’s hockey team gimmick
didn’t get over!
46) WRATH & MORTIS
Brian Adams + Chris Kanyon in
stupid costumes that feuded with
Glacier & Ernest Miller in an angle
called “Blood Runs Cold”.
47) JACK VICTORY

Perhaps the one guy who has had
the largest amount of failed
gimmicks in WCW history.

The list includes:
The Terrorist
1/2 of The Royal Family
1/2 of New Zealand Militia as
Captain Jacko
Russian Assassin #2
The Black Mailer
Super Destroyer
“Secret Service” Jack Victory

48) CREATIVE CONTROL

Starring Ron & Don Harris in failed
gimmick #812

49) ASYA
WCW’s answer to Chyna.
50) NO LIMIT SOLDIERS vs WEST
TEXAS REDNECKS
Master P and his clique of rappers
came in to feud with the West Texas
Rednecks over their song “Rap Is
Crap”. The angle included the
former Virgil as the cowboy redneck
“Wild Bill”.